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Any baseball card collectors out there? While they can be harder to find, there are minor league baseball cards for many of the players in the Cubs’ farm system hiding in those foil wrapped packages. If you’re interested in picking up some of those cards, be sure you are one of the first 2,000 people through the gates in Iowa on August 20. Not only will that ensure you receive the Iowa Cubs card set (possibly featuring one Anthony Rizzo), but you will also have the chance to get those cards autographed by the Iowa players.

Baseball cards are nice and all, but what we really need are baseball blogger cards. Get on that, Topps. I know where you can score some great pictures of some writers, their cats, and maybe even their cats’ pajamas.

Scores From Yesterday

Iowa – Iowa gave up three runs in the ninth and fell 10-7.Tennessee – The Smokies fell 4-1 in a rain shortened contest.Daytona – Daytona scored five times in the final two innings but lost anyway by a score of 12-8.Peoria – Peoria scored four times in the top of the eleventh to win 9-6.Boise – Boise never led in this 7-2 loss.Arizona – The Arizona Cubs had the day off on Friday.

[Iowa] If the Cubs need him, Adrian Cardenas will be ready to go. The second baseman hit two more doubles on Friday night.

[Iowa] After a day off, Josh Vitters immediately got to work on a new hitting streak with a two hit game that included his 29th double.

[Tennessee] Logan Watkins had the Smokies’ only extra base hit (a double) and their only run.

[Tennessee] Dae-Eun Rhee gave up three runs (two earned), but he did so while allowing just two hits and a walk over six innings.

[Tennessee] Trey McNutt made his third relief appearance and easily breezed through the seventh inning. He ran into some trouble in the eighth, but rain finished the game before he had a chance to pitch out of it.

[Daytona] Frank Del Valle came out of the bullpen to pitch four innings of one hit baseball.

[Daytona] Rubi Silva had a great game. Not only did he finish 4 for 5 with his tenth triple, he also picked up an outfield assist by throwing out a runner at second from center field.

[Daytona] Ronald Torreyes stayed red hot with another two hit, one double game. He also stole his 11th base.

[Peoria] Michael Jensen had another good start. He struck out five while allowing one earned run over six innings.

[Peoria] Pete Levitt and Jeffry Antigua also pitched well. They combined to record eight outs, five of them by the strike out.

[Peoria] Dustin Geiger hit his ninth home run as part of his two hit night. Considering that he has only played in 35 games this season, nine home runs is pretty impressive.

[Peoria] Taiwan Easterling also had a good game. In addition to a double and his fourth home run, the outfielder stole two more bases and now has 18 this year. Unfortunately he left the game early after an ugly crash into the wall.

[Peoria] Pin-Chieh Chen had three hits, including a double. He is hitting .361/.465/.472 in his last ten games.

[Boise] Michael Hamann pitched a nearly perfect innings of relief. He struck out one, and hit one batter with a pitch.

[Boise] Rock Shoulders provided the offense for the Hawks. His 4 for 4 game included his seventh double and his fifth home run.

Other Minor League Notes

Robert Whitenack had the start in Daytona’s game. It did not go well. Whitenack faced seven batters before being lifted and he failed to retire any of them. Now that three of Whitenack’s last four starts have gone poorly, I would not be surprised to see the Cubs shift him back to Arizona to continue his rebound from elbow surgery in non-game situations.

Elieser Bonne has had an interesting season. Including his three hit performance on Friday, his monthly OPS totals look like this: April – 0.579, May – 0.755, June – 0.429, July – 0.867. Since he jumped from the DSL to High A Daytona in a single leap, I expected him to be somewhat erratic. Even so, I’m not sure if that line is a purely a product of random variation, or if it reflects a guy who struggled early, made adjustments, was figured out by the rest of league, and made more adjustments. Given his intriguing background I think it is worth continuing to monitor him as a potential fringe guy.

and ugh I’m not high on Valbuena at all, I’d like to see what Cardenas can do at third

nick cafardo

Trey mcnutt makes my nuts hurt.

Kevin

Tell him not to squeeze so hard

leroy k.

I have about 17000 baseball cards. My wife, always threatens to throw them out. Bwahahahahahhaa

Oswego chris

I buy and sell cards on eBay and am a member of PSA grading services. If you ever have any questions if what you have is worth anything…or if it is crap…I can tell you…if you collected in the late 80s….you mostly have crap…

Castro would have to take a pay cut, but the sox may be willing to have him take upa roster spot.

EB

Man, I love baseball cards. My favorite cards that I have are ’54 Topps Ernie Banks and ’53 Topps Satchell Paige. It’s just a crying shame what they have baseball cards into

Oswego chris

Eb are they graded?

EB

They are not. Neither are in great condition. I usually don’t buy graded cards cause I like to collect them just to collect them so I don’t worry a lot about condition or value. I like to just be able to add great cards to my collection for a decent price

Oswego chris

That is a good philosophy…its just another form of gambling for me

Kevin

What are the chances the Cubs make a big trade involving multiple players similar to what Houston did earlier this week?

Oswego chris

If I seem a bit needy and lonely right now it’s because I am at a Fu($ing dance competition in Wisconsin Dells…hundreds of girls which shitloads of make-up on and stupid ass costumes(my daughter doesn’t read BN)….I would imagine this is what hell would be like for heterosexual males who like sports…just trying to milk the 21 percent left on my IPad

willis

Tough for Whiteneck, but even proven aces have their bad bumps when coming back from TJ. Hopefully he’ll be alright but it’s definitely a struggle right now.

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